tonight president obama delivers his fourth state of the union address to a joint session of congress. coverage begins at 8 p.m. eastern. the president's speech is at 9. it'll be followed by the republican response from florida senator marco rubio, and throughout the night we'll hear from journalists and other members of congress. we'll also get your thoughts on the speech and some of the issues raised by the president. we'll take them by phone, twitter and facebook, and that's tonight on c-span, c-span radio and, of course, c-span.org. and we want to hear from you on our facebook page, we're asking you if you think state of the union addresses matter. weigh in with your opinion at facebook.com/c-span. and a preview of tonight's state of the union address now from the this morning's "washington journal." >> host: we now turn to two reporters to give us some insight into the state of the union speech tonight. anita kumar, white house correspondent for mcclatchy newspapers, welcome, also jonathan strong, congressional reporter from "roll call." good morning to you as well. >> guest: mor